Washington and Beijing wrote down $30 billion in easier goods and 10 million tons of coal

Coal is a farmer-adjacent trophy. The waterway line is the one that points at Hormuz without saying the word.

Saturday briefings said both sides will recommend lower tariffs on $30 billion of non-sensitive goods each way.
China agreed to import at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal a year in 2027 and 2028.
They agreed to an AI incident channel and more military crisis talks.
They said they oppose tolls on international waterways.
Al-Monitor noted Xi did not publicly break with Iran. China still imported about 534,000 barrels a day of Iranian oil in August.

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